Notable People from New York

David Dortort

American television producer and writer (1916–2010)

Francis Crowley

American criminal who went on a 3-month crime spree in the New York-area in 1931 and captured after a 2-hour standoff with the NYPD

Gabe Paul

American baseball executive

Herb Meadow

American television producer and writer (1911-1995)

Herman Tarnower

American nutritionist and cardiologist (1910-1980)

Irving Kaufman

American judge (1910-1992)

Irving Green

Founder of Mercury Records

Jay Sommers

American television producer

Joe Darion

American lyricist (1917–2001)

Luther Davis

American writer (1916-2008)

Jules Dubois

American journalist (1910–1966)

Johnny Roventini

American broadcaster (1910-1998)

Joseph Thomas O'Keefe

Catholic bishop (1919-1997)

Judy Malcolm

American actress (1910-1998)

Jules Archer

American historian (1915-2008)

Ken Lane

American musician

Ken O'Dea

baseball player

Quentin Roosevelt II

fourth child of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Lela Swift

American television director

Leo J. Meyer

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1917-2006)

Leo Marx

American academic (1919–2022)

Manny Curtis

American songwriter (1911–1984)

Marian Hannah Winter

American historian (1910-1981)

Mary Orr

American actress (1910-2006)

Maurice H. Rindskopf

Recipient of the Navy Cross

Max Yavno

American photographer (1911–1985)

Mercedes Matter

American abstract artist and writer who founded New York Studio School. (1913–2001)

Michael Elkins

American news reporter

Mickey Harris

American baseball player (1917-1971)

Milton Hebald

American artist (1917-2015)

Mo Rothman

American film executive

Mortimer Sackler

American psychiatrist, businessman and philanthropist (1916-2010)

Norman Garbo

American writer

Norman Lewis

American writer (1912-2006)

Owen Dodson

American writer (1914-1983)

Paul Jordan

American journalist (1916-2006)

Peggy Lloyd

American stage actress and television director (1913-2011)

Pete Costanza

Comic creator (1913-1984)

Philip S. Foner

American historian (1910–1994)

Phyllis Williams Lehmann

American archaeologist (1912–2004)

Richard Arbib

American industrial designer (1917–1995)

Henry Felsen

American writer (1916–1995)

Gus Tyler

American labor unionist

Hal Schumacher

American baseball player (1910–1993)

Hal White

American baseball player (1919–2001)

Harry Biss

America jazz pianist (1919–1997)

Harry Feldman

American baseball player (1919–1962)

Helen Hicks

professional golfer (1911-1974)

Henry Sherwood Lawrence

American immunologist (1916-2004)

Hilda Morley

American writer (1916–1998)